Collaborative Decision Making: A Promising but Underused Strategy for Middle School Improvement

Middle School Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 52-57

  Clark, Sally N ^a   Clark, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84936998316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23276223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2002.11494684     Document Type: Article

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